Dhiraj Kumar Mahato's Review On IIT BHU - Indian Institute Of Technology, Varanasi

Varanasi is a place to be and when you are the part of IIT BHU which is a part of Varanasi, One feels home when he returns after his job life is over. I will definitely miss the place and whatever be the rating of my institute, one will eventually fall in love with it no matter what the circumstances are.

I got here though JEE 2014. I am a dropper and had already appeared in JEE 2013. Those were the days we were not sure of board cutoffs and pattern and selection procedures were changing a lot. Daring failure can be next harvest, I retried and finally I qualified the entrance in my next attempt, when i went to coaching in Kota. I opted metallurgical engineering as it was the best I could get according to my rank.. I had secured the ranks as follows 2200 in OBC, 12504 AIR. This made me the branch opener in my category for my branch.

Course curriculum is pretty decent. It same for all branches of study in first year. It had basics and advance mathematics, physics and chemistry. we were taught biology as well to make the necklace complete. From second year onward, we had our department subjects and practicals. And yes there are lots of practical work and projects that one can do and one has to do to remain at par with international level of understanding and depth in our respective field of study. Moreover, I being an average student, couldn't put my en-devour in research. I am hoping to get a decent job and settle my life as that.

I was offered a research intern in Tata steel through Mind Over Matter program. I did try for Inspire program but could not qualify the written test. This was supposed to be an industrial intern. Moreover, college don't provide internships though it being a compulsory part of our course. What college does is they invite companies to take tests and select the desired eligible candidate for the same. Company is not bound to select and can return without offering intern to anybody. College do provide us with a chance but is not obligatory to do so. Internships, in general, are very interactive and rejuvenating. I was offered INR 20,000 as stipend. There no such average stipend. It greatly varies from company to company and branch to branch. For some company, it may be few lac as well. It really depends upon how capable one is.

We all know that IIT BHU ranks number 1 in MHRD's list for best placements. While I write this review., I am also preparing for my interview for metallurgy division of Maruti. Despite being well versed in coding, I want to get a job in core division of a reputed company. We have a well organised and robust training and placement cell.Internships offered to students by any eminent industry or firm often get converted to PPOs (Pre-Placement Offers) . Written test starts from the very beginning of 7th/9th semester. December is the month scheduled for all the interviews. Packages offered are quite high and more than 90% aspiring students get placed. Average package differ form branch to branch maximum being little over INR 2 Cr for a CSE mate last year.

Fees structure is same as other IITs. Its a government institute but the fees is not that low. We have to INR 45,000 per semester as our tuition fees. All the accessories and this sums up to INR 50,950. We have to pay INR 12,000 as advance mess charge which is then deducted as we progress in our semester. The mess charge however varies from institute to institute.

Beautiful green campus, serenity, and tranquility of Vishwanath Mandir, a good place to live and learn and a good place to explore ourselves, overall very good college.

All of our faculty member have a completed their PhD and are still pursuing their field of research. Their experience varies from 5 years to 30 years. Well few of them are just marvelous while others are bit too busy. Classroom studies are quit interactive while practicals are very exhaustive( I don't like them) as it requires great deal of reasoning and attention on whatever being discussed. Some professors are friendly and they help a lot in or out of class but they are often inaccessible. More or less, faculties are of national standard.